Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 30-23@ Kentucky | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 23 | Season-high 29 yds |
| Wk 9 | W 34-26@ Oklahoma | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-0vs The Citadel | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 17 | |
| Total | 5 | 64 | 12.0 | 1 | 23 |
#85
Trace Bruckler
Senior tight end for Ole Miss. 2025: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′3″ · 245 lb · Frisco, TX
CFB Index 39 · #109 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceReturning to Ole Miss for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
64
receiving yards · 2025
5 catches · 1 TD · 12.8 per catch
3 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: 1 rec, 8 yds, 1 TD, at Oklahoma
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Ole Miss. 2025: 3 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to New Mexico in 2021.
- Transferred from New Mexico to Ole Miss in 2025.
Trace Bruckler
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Three head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. His first career honor landed in 2024: All-Mountain West. The receipt: 29 rec yds, 2 receptions against Kentucky — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
20218 games
- Signed with New Mexico3-star out of Frisco Lone Star
202411 games
- All-Mountain Westhonorable_mention
20253 games
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST
All-Mountain West mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coach2021–2025
Ole Miss
Played his entire career under Lane Kiffin.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021New Mexico3-9HC: Danny Gonzales · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2022New Mexico2-10HC: Danny Gonzales · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2023New Mexico4-8HC: Danny Gonzales · Run-leaning
2024New Mexico5-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Run-leaning
2025Ole Miss13-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Medium-low confidence
Elite: yards / catch (81st percentile). Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 2.0 | 27.0 | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 18.5 | 11.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 2.0 | 29.0 | 14.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 17.5 | 10.8 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Golding
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ole Miss | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | New Mexico | 22 | 138 | 6.3 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | New Mexico | 9 | 89 | 9.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | New Mexico | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | New Mexico | 15 | 194 | 12.9 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 51 | 485 | 9.5 | 6 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Ole Miss
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Ole Miss
Returning around him
- 50% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
- 2 Ole Miss players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +1 net (28 in / 27 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Ole Miss · Last season: 13-2 (AP #6) · Talent rank #14 · 2026 recruiting class #22
DNA match
Player DNA
Complete TE
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
TE
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Emmanuel Stevenson’s 2023 season.
Matches Emmanuel on
Weight
Reception volume
TD rate
Differs from Emmanuel on
EPA / play (adj) (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Emmanuel Stevenson's senior season at Arkansas State (2024).
80%match
Matches Emmanuel on
Total EPA (college ability)
Yards / reception
Reception volume
Differs from Emmanuel on
TD rate (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like Trace Bruckler
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology